News and Information

“Electric City Culture Council campaigns to keep funding for individual artists in 2023 city budget” by Alex Schummer.

How Investing in the Arts Impacts Peterborough’s Creative, Economic and Social Well-Being

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Read “Expression, connection, understanding, healing” by EC3 Program Coordinator Gabe Pollock, which appeared in The Peterborough Examiner on January 7, 2023 as part of EC3’s Arts in the Examiner series.

As the year draws to a close, EC3 would like to send a huge THANK YOU to all the artists, administrators, audiences, and supporters who help to make the Peterborough arts community so amazing.

THANK YOU to the artists for entertaining us, inspiring us, and making us think.

THANK YOU to the arts organizations for your work in supporting the artists and giving them the space (and money) to work.

THANK YOU to audiences for coming out to experience local art and support the creators and venues.

THANK YOU to sponsors and donors for helping to make art happen in our community.

THANK YOU to our federal and provincial funders, the Department of Canadian Heritage, Ontario Arts Council, Human Resources Canada, local foundations (CFGP), and of course the DBIA.

THANK YOU to our City Council (past and present) for your exceptional efforts to support the local arts community, and for being open to hear from EC3 and artists about what this community needs to thrive. We are very grateful for your support of the Poet Laureate program, Arts Awards, Artsweek, Grants to Individual Artists and the PAA Fund.

THANK YOU to the Board and volunteers of the Electric City Culture Council (EC3) for all your tireless work, and for stepping up to help out through difficult times.

It takes a strong team to keep the arts thriving and contributing to the quality of life in Peterborough and ours is simply the best.

Nominations are Now Being Accepted Until January 3, 2023 at 11:59pm

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“Nominations open for the new Peterborough poet laureate” by Alex Schummer.

Nominate an Exceptional Poet or Spoken Word Artist Today!

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“City of Peterborough is looking for its next poet laureate” by KawarthaNOW.

Read “Public investment on the arts is a great return on the dollar for Peterborough” by EC3 Program Coordinator Gabe Pollock, which appeared in The Peterborough Examiner on December 10, 2022 as part of EC3’s Arts in the Examiner series.